This is an analysis of the poem I Hi that begins with:

Os Luften ej længere duftende lun
med sit silkeblaa Væv, sine uldhvide Dun...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbX cXcXXX XXdXdX X XXbXXXXXXXXXeXeXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,1,21,7,7,7,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1110011101 1100101111 1101101110 1110111 111111100 110111111 11010011 110111111 1111101 110010111 101011111110 1111111 111100 101111111 1110111 1111111111 11011101 110111011 1101101111 11111101 1101011011 111111111 111101111 1101101101 1011111101 10011101 1011101 1111011111 1101110011 110111111 11001111 1111100110 1010111101 111111111111 111100110110 110110100 1111010111010 11101111110 111111110 1110 110010 1111 11001 1101 111100 11011 11011 11111 1111 110110 1010110 11011 111100 1100110 110110 11001 110010 1011010 111110 11111 11011011001 1111011 11110001111 11001111 11111111 101 1101 01011111 11111101 1110110 110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, saa, vi, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, med, da are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines der, kkes are repeated).

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